Oklahoma · Census place 4042700

Lexington, Oklahoma

Lexington is a city in Cleveland County, Oklahoma with an estimated 2,055 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 144th largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,055
#144 of 212 in Oklahoma
Change since 2020
+2.0%
+41 people
Land area
2.4 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
853 / sq mi
State median 896
Orange pin: Lexington. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Oklahoma City.

Lexington population, 2020 to 2024

Lexington added 41 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +17.

2,01420202,01620212,02120222,03820232,0552024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,012. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lexington covers 2.41 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 853 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Lexington is close to the typical town.

What county Lexington is in

All of Lexington's residents live in Cleveland County, which had 303,952 residents in 2024. Lexington holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lexington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lexington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 73051. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Lexington is

The Census internal point of Lexington is at 35.017600, -97.335000. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 34.1 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Purcell, OK (6,938 people), 2.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Norman, OK, 15.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.017600, -97.335000
DMS
35°01'3.36"N 97°20'6.00"W
UTM
14N 651908.8E 3876261.6N
Geohash
9y4z1nfb6
Plus code
86742M98+22

Daylight in Lexington

At 35.02° N, Lexington gets about 14 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lexington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Purcell, 2.2 miles away, with 6,938 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lexington, OK?

2,055 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 41 (2.0%) from 2,014 in July 2020.

What county is Lexington in?

Cleveland County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Lexington?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 73051.

How far is Lexington from Oklahoma City?

34.1 miles (54.9 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Lexington.

What is the nearest larger city to Lexington?

Purcell, OK, with 6,938 residents, 2.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.